Election of officers occupied the main part of the first meeting of the newly founded Harvard University Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers, which was held last Monday afternoon, February 16, in Pierce Hall. A gathering of 15 engineering students heard a short talk by Professor Albert Haertlein '16 on the purposes and possible future of the club.

Members of the club elected the following men as officers: president, Herbert Cranswick Cameron '31, of Medford; secretary, Henry Thomas Conway '32, of Lowell; senior representative, William Warner Jeanes '31, of Villanova, Pennsylvania; junior representative, Abel Jacob Bates '32, of Webster. A sophomore representatives will make up an executive council.

Membership in the new club is open to all sophomores, juniors, seniors, and graduate students in the Harvard Engineering School. Although only 15 men turned out for the first meeting, many more have signified their intention of joining. The next meeting will be held early in March; but the subject has not as yet been announced. Anyone belonging to the undergraduate division of the Harvard Engineering Society may join the new chapter without additional fee.

The organization is now one of 94 similar chapters existing in the United States. Its sponsor will be Professor Haertlein, member of the American Society of Civil Engineering. The purpose will be to discuss and arrange lectures on all subjects of current interest to civil engineers. Inspection trips have been considered as a possible field of activity for the members.